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Urban gardens are an oasis for biodiversity and for your mental health

They provide important ecosystem services and support plant and animal life

This Chornobyl fungus thrives in radioactivity and eats radiation

Researchers suspect this fungus could help us with space exploration.

Plastic pollution could stay on the seafloor virtually forever

Plastic debris from the seafloor show no sign of breaking down.

Satellites uncover the influence of climate cycles on coastal landscapes

Researchers process close to 40 years of satellite photos to find correlations in beach width and climate cycles

Loofah-like hydrogel can clean contaminated water using just solar energy

It absorbs polluted water and then releases safe water

Scientists create fake skin which means people don't need to get bitten in mosquito studies

This would allow us to stop using live volunteers on future studies.

Emissions from fertilizers could be reduced by 80% in three decdes

It’s all about using them more efficiently, the researchers said

Apparently, boiling chicken in Yellowstone's hot springs is illegal

The real information you need to now on a Monday.

Climate change may be to blame for the downfall of the Hittite civilization

We can learn from history and maybe not do the same mistakes.

In Argentina, rivers are turning green due to blooming blue-green algae

They are a common occurrence in summer and are also influenced by pesticides

Neanderthals were way more sophisticated than you think: they even enjoyed a refined delicacy

They hunted big crab specimens when the tide was low and then cooked them, much like modern humans.

Killer whale mothers don't stop feeding their full-grown adult sons -- and this is costing them dearly

Even in the wild, sons tend to leech off their mothers.

Engineers captured CO2 and put it into concrete

It could be a way of reducing greenhouse gas emissions coming from concrete.

Big fossil fuel companies just announced record profits

They keep expanding when they should be doing the exact opposite

Volcanoes release more gases into the atmosphere than previously thought. Even inactive ones

It’s not necessarily good or bad for climate change, the researchers said -- but it will improve our climate models.

Spending time playing with your cat is very good for their welfare

Yet another reason to spend more time with our feline friends.

Indoor air pollution can affect your cognitive ability. Just look at chess players

Pollution and

Rock daisies quickly conquered deserts -- but the rest of the plants aren't likely to adapt to an increasingly arid world

Today's plants are likely poorly equipped to withstand rising aridity unless they come preadapted.

This hempcrete won’t get you high but it can make your dream green home affordable

Concrete made of hemp could replace traditional bricks, blocks, and other building materials.

No more soggy paper straws? Scientists create biodegradable straw that stays firm

No one likes a soggy paper straw, but we don't really like plastic pollution either.

Indigenous communities with legal rights to their lands can further protect forests

Study looks at forest trends in Brazil in indigenous communities lands

Almost all coal plants in the US are more expensive than new renewables

There's basically no reason to cling on to caol.

Bricks with small holes could provide shelter for solitary bees

Bees are in trouble, and bricks could be an option to help them in cities

We've already messed up a third of the Amazon, and it's not getting better

This is bad news for the entire planet.

Wolves and Hyenas are hunting together in the Middle East. No one is certain why

A pack of wolves has been spotted hunting with a hyena, something that has never been reported before.

Calves that don't get enough milk can't learn properly

The dairy industry sure is rough.

The Chinese new year is so impactful it's cooling down most big cities

Less people, less cars, less temperature

Bird flu outbreak shows no sign of slowing down across the US

It's taking a big toll on the poultry industry, with animals being culled

The cute and bizarre echidnas blow snot bubbles to beat the heat waves

The cold beaks of echidnas cool down their hot blood.

Portugal to redirect Cape Verde debt to climate action

Cape Verde is an archipelago that's affected by a high debt and climate change. A new fiscal mechanism could help on both ends.

This bacterium can eat and digest plastic thrown into the ocean

While exciting, it won’t solve the plastic problem, the researchers said

It’s not just limbs. Sea spiders can also regrow body parts after amputation

It could open the door to medical treatments of limb loss in humans, the researchers said

Millions of farmers rely on their faith in God when making important decisions

For millions, faith is a core aspect of decision-making.

This slime mold smartwatch is a living gadget -- and it serves an important purpose

This watch is incredible, alive, and can make you emotional because it is powered by a pet-like slime mold.

New emperor penguin colony discovered in Antarctica with satellite mapping

There are over 60 colonies in Antarctica, and half have been identified with satellite images

This gentle drone can scoop animal DNA from the tops of trees

It could help ecologists understand life in forest canopies

Future extreme heat could put many land animals under threat

There's still time to avoid most of this if we bring down out emissions

Abandoned mines could be turned into gravity 'batteries 'that could power the entire planet

When a mine has been exhausted of its resources, it often becomes a forgotten eyesore. But scientists now want to give them a new life as energy storage units.

Repurposing wind power: How out-of-service wind turbines are giving new life to children's playgrounds

Old turbine blades cannot be recycled for energy production but they can be reused for fun and aesthetics.

Eating one freshwater fish is like drinking a month's worth of forever chemicals-laced water

We need to pay more attention to what we eat -- and we definitely need stricter pollution regulations.

Low maintenance, high benefits: electric cars are two times cheaper to maintain

The car rental company is moving fast to a zero-carbon fleet.

Unable to adapt to rising temperatures, many ants are facing a plight in climate change

They remained in sub-optimal microhabitats even when optimal ones were present

Exxon predicted climate change with remarkable accuracy -- but chose to lie about it

Their projections were even better than those of some academic and governmental scientists -- which makes it all the worse.

Green ammonia (and fertilizer) may finally be in sight -- and it would be huge

Scientists made significant progress in making ammonia production more environmentally friendly

Earth’s ozone layer is on track to recover within decades

Almost all the ozone-depleting substances have been phased out

Switching to electric cars will be better for most Americans -- but not the poorest

A massive shift to electric vehicles would be benefficial for most, but not all.

Logging tropical forests makes them release carbon for a decade

Researchers quantified emissions and uptake from degraded and deforested in Asia, finding more reasons to fight deforestation.

Warming oceans are destroying many marine parasites. This could be a bad thing

Studying parasites is often overlooked, but they also play important roles in ecosystems.

Urban lizards are evolving differently than their rural counterparts

We're all adapting to living in cities, and animals are no exception.

China is working on the world's largest offshore wind turbine

Wind turbines are getting bigger and more powerful every year.

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